DHS “Rightwing Extremism” Document Created During Bush Administration

After the Department of Homeland Security’s report on “rightwing extremism” was leaked and posted on Infowars and other alternative news sites, so-called conservatives wasted little time blaming the Obama administration for the report. Continue reading

Economy On The Ropes – Mike Whitney

The economy continued to shrink in the first quarter of 2009 at an annual pace of 6.1 percent, making it the worst recession in more than 50 years. Gross Domestic Product slipped into negative territory from January to March for back-to-back quarters of negative 6 percent growth. Continue reading

Video: Fox “News” Suggests Martial Law is Imminent

OK, so the main way that corporate media channels communicate with you is through the use of banners. You need not pay as much attention to what the talking heads say, their words are secondary as they babble on to reinforce the central point splashed across the banner. If you ever wanted to know what a channel like FOX (or CNN or MSNBC – they’re all corrupt) wants you to think about a certain issue, well, its hidden in plain sight, written right there. Continue reading

Five Things You Should Know About the ‘Torture’ Memos

Judge Andrew Napolitano has read through the 175 of DoJ memos regarding CIA torture practices under the Bush administration: “This is not rocket science and it is not art. Everyone knows torture when they see it.” Continue reading

US Hides Behind Iran Sanctions Threat

Whereas United States President Barack Obama promised in his new year message to Iran that he was committed to a new diplomacy that “will not be advanced by threats”, a month later this is precisely what is happening. This is in light of new White House-backed legislation in the US Congress that aims to impose “crippling sanctions” on Iran by targeting its energy imports. Continue reading

Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued

A Washington state biosurveillance firm raised the first warning about a possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexico more than two weeks before the World Health Organization offered its initial alert about a public health emergency of international concern. Continue reading

UPDATE – HR 1207 Now Up To 112 Co-sponsors!

On record so far on www.thomas.gov

Title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes. Continue reading

MSM: Gates to Nominate NSA Chief to Head New Cyber Command

Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to nominate the director of the National Security Agency to head a new Pentagon Cyber Command, which will coordinate computer-network defense and direct U.S. cyber-attack operations, according to a draft memo by Mr. Gates. Continue reading

China has ‘canceled US credit card’: lawmaker

China, wary of the troubled US economy, has already “canceled America’s credit card” by cutting down purchases of debt, a US congressman said Thursday. Continue reading

MSM: Thought police muscle up in Britain

BRITAIN appears to be evolving into the first modern soft totalitarian state. As a sometime teacher of political science and international law, I do not use the term totalitarian loosely. Continue reading

French Take To The Streets In May Day Anti-Sarkozy Protest

(AFP) -Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across France Friday in May Day marches in a fresh show of force against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s handling of the economic crisis. Continue reading

NRC Study Calls for Covert “Cyberattack” Against “Non-state” Enemies

The National Research Council is pushing for the offensive use of “cyberattack” against enemies foreign and domestic. Continue reading

Mass Vaccination Centers Planned in Canada

Health officials expect the World Health Organization to raise its alert to the highest level indicating a pandemic outbreak of the swine flu, says the area’s top doctor. Continue reading

Political Lies and Media Disinformation regarding the Swine Flu Pandemic

Statements of this nature on the “inevitable spread” of the disease, create, quite deliberately, an atmosphere of fear, insecurity and panic. They also serve to distract people’s attention from a devastating global economic crisis which is leading the World into mass poverty and unemployment, not to mention the war in the Middle East and the broader issue of US-NATO war crimes. Continue reading

MSM: Professor’s comparison of Israelis to Nazis stirs furor

The UC Santa Barbara sociologist, who is Jewish, sent images from the Holocaust and from Israel’s Gaza offensive to students in his class. He has drawn denunciation and support. Continue reading

Swine Flu Hysteria Spreads Faster Than Actual Virus

Why are governments acting as if armageddon is around the corner when swine flu has claimed just one victim all week? Continue reading

MSM: Demand for New Flu Vaccine Could Overwhelm Manufacturers

The United States won’t necessarily have the upper hand in seeking an adequate supply of swine flu vaccines, since much of U.S. vaccine manufacturing is done overseas. Continue reading

Guns bought this year could outfit 2 armies

Guns purchased legally in the United States this year could outfit two armies – and not just any armies, the armies of China and India, according to new government reports cited by a website for sport-shooting enthusiasts. Continue reading

Egyptian Christians riot after swine flu cull

Egyptian leaders ordered the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of pigs today to help protect against swine flu, prompting angry protests from the poor Christan farmers who feed their animals with a country’s food scraps. The decision was also criticised as a “real mistake” by a senior UN food expert. Continue reading